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Date Presenter Topic
September 26 1997 Suresh Krishna Monaural inhibition in the IC
October 3 Mal Semple ITD coding in the superior olive
October 10 Kent Fitzgerald ILD coding in the superior olive
October 17 Dan Sanes IC in-vivo patch clamp data
November 7 Sally Thornton DNLL physiology
November14 Neuroscience recap  
November 21 Neuroscience recap contd.  
November 28 Thanksgiving weekend  
December 5 Josh Green Calcium and intracellular pH
December 12 Brian Malone Cortical responses to ripples
     
January 23 1998 Vibhakar Kotak Presynaptic inhibition in AVCN
January 30 No Meeting - CNS Minisymposium  
February 6 Suresh Krishna ITD coding in the barn owl NL
February 13 Kent Fitzgerald ITD coding in the cat LSO
February 20 ARO discussion  
February 27 Mal Semple Projections to cat IC
March 6 No meeting: CNS open house  
March 13 Scott Moulder OAEs and sexual preference
March 20 Dan Sanes GABA(B) receptors and synaptic efficacy
March 27 Josh Green GABAergic inhibition in chick brainstem
April 3 Laura Jackson Cortical lesions and perception of communication signals
April 10 Brian Malone Representation of vocalizations in marmoset cortex
April 17 Laura Jackson Auditory cortex lesions and sound localization
April 24 Vibhakar Kotak GABA(B) mediated presynaptic regulation
May 1 Kent Fitzgerald ACh as a modulator in the IC
May 8 Mal Semple-Link to the article Motion induced RF shifts in bat IC
May 15 Scott Moulder Laminar organization of the IC
May 22 Dan Sanes In-vitro study of intercollicular projections
May 29 Josh Green Adaptation and binaural processing in the SOC
June 5 Suresh Krishna Neural correlates of pitch in the auditory nerve
June 12 Brian Malone Reverse correlation analyses in the auditory cortex
July 10 Aziz Hafidi Commisural axonal regeneration in vitro
July 17 Scott Moulder Inhibition and motion-direction sensitivity
July 24 Vibhakar Kotak Activity dependent scaling of quantal amplitude
July 31 Kent Fitzgerald In-vitro physiology of rat IC
August 7 Dan Sanes Cortical map reorganization and nucleus basalis activity
August 14 No meeting--Hughes summer program presentations  
August 21 Josh Green MNTB anatomy and physiology
September 11 Brian Malone Nucleus basalis and cortical RF plasticity
September 25 Mal Semple Sound localization with new ears
October 2 Wulfram Gerstner(Visiting Speaker) Learning rule for sub-millisecond temporal coding
October 9 Jack Kelly DNLL- role in midbrain processing
October 16 Suresh Krishna AM responses in the IC
October 23 John Rinzel Dendritic computation in barn owl NL
October 30 Suresh Krishna AM responses in the IC
November 7 No meeting-Neuroscience @ LA  
November 13 No meeting-Neuroscience @ LA  
December 4 Carmen Vale IC in-vitro responses after cochlear ablation
December 11 Brian Malone Dynamic conditioning in the IC
December 18 Mal Semple Spatial receptive fields in the cortex
January 8 1999 Kent Fitzgerald Auditory feedback and zebra finch song
January 15 Jack Kelly Variations on the Commissure of Probst Theme
January 22 Brian Scott Plasticity of cortical temporal processing
January 25 Mike Gordon-visiting from Georgetown FM processing in the IC
January 29 Ilona Miko Transient inhibition in bat IC
February 5 Josh Green ITD coding in free-tailed bat MSO
February 26 John Rinzel Outward currents in nucleus magnocellularis
March 5 Dan Sanes Conditioning induced plasticity in bat IC
March 12 Alex Reyes Coincidence detection in the chick slice
March 19 Neot Doron (No) Denervation plasticity in the DCN
April 2 Vibhakar Kotak Inhibitory LTP and goldfish behaviour
April 9 Suresh Krishna Intro to the cochlear nucleus
April 16 Kent Fitzgerald Potassium currents and DCN discharge characteristics
April 23 Brian Malone Spectral integration in the DCN
April 30 Mal Semple What does the DCN do, anyway ?
May 7 Ilona Miko Complex spiking neurons in DCN and role of efferents
May 14 Josh Green Potassium channel subtypes in the MNTB
May 21 John Rinzel Octopus cell conductances
May 28 Memorial Day Weekend YooHoo
June 4 Brian Scott Low-frequency cochlear nucleus responses
June 11 Tim Lewis Chopper intracellular responses
June 18 Alex Reyes Inhibition and Avian ITD coding
July 2 Suresh Krishna Gaze shifts and reference frames
September 23 Brian Scott Cortical response enchancement by sound sequences pdf file
October 7 Dwayne Simmons (visiting) Development of the efferent auditory system
November 4 Josh Green Recruitment of Auditory Cortex in Deaf Cats with Cochlear Implants (PDF)
November 18 Mal Semple Organization of Inhibitory Sidebands in Cat AI,PDF
December 16 John Rinzel Midbrain coding of concurrent acoustic signals, PDF1,PDF2
January 20 2000 Vibu Kotak Synaptic plasticity in Hippocampus and Auditory Cortex, download PDF
February 3 Suresh Krishna Neural selectivity for bird song, download the paper and news & views. Optional reading: a reviewof similarities between birdsong and human speech.
February 17 Brian Malone Decoding Temporal Information: A Model Based on Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity. download PDF
March 2 Ilona Miko Plasticity of binaural localization in barn owls. download PDF
March 16 Spring Break no meeting
March 30 Alex Reyes AMPA receptors in cochlear nucleus, download the PDF
April 13 Dan Sanes Calcium depletion in a brainstem calyx synapse, download PDF
April 27 Brian Scott Frequency response areas in awake monkey auditory cortex, download PDF
May 11 Mal Semple Responses in the Inferior Colliculus to Dynamic Interaural Phase: Evidence for Binaural Adaptation, download PDF
Sep 19 Josh Green Transformations of an Auditory Temporal Code in the Medulla of a Sound Producing Fish, download PDF
Oct 3 Brian Scott Neural Measurement of Sound Duration: Control by excitatory-inhibitory interactions in the IC, download PDF
Oct 17 Suresh Krishna A computational model for first-spike latency and variability in the auditory nerve, background reading in PDF
Oct 31 Dan Sanes Consequences of neural asynchrony: a case ofauditory neuropathy. Download PDF
Nov 21 Ilona Miko Functional organization of gerbil auditory cortex: subcortical connections. Download PDF
Dec 5 2000 Brian Malone Membrane Mechanisms Underlying Contrast Adaptation in Cat Area 17 In Vivo. Download PDF
Date Presenter Topic PDF
Jan 16 2001 Nicole Rust Auditory cortical neurons and sound localization in macaque J. Neurophys and PNAS
Feb 1 Dan Peruzzi Frequency map reorganization in bat auditory cortex J. Neurophys and PNAS
Feb 15 Vibu Kotak Androgens and isolation from tutors differentially affect development of songbird neurons critical to vocal plasticity J. Neurophys
Mar 15 Alex Reyes Frequency-dependent PSP depression contributes to low-pass temporal filtering in the electric fish J. Neurosci
Mar 29 John Rinzel Model of Discharge Pattern Regulation by Transient K+ Currents in Cochlear Nucleus Pyramidal Cells J. Neurophys
Apr 12 Josh Green Impaired Processing of Complex Auditory Stimuli in Rats with Induced Cerebrocortical Microgyria: An Animal Model of Developmental Language Disabilities J. Cognitive Neurosci.
Apr 26 Brian Scott Functional Specialization in Rhesus Monkey Auditory Cortex Science
Sept 27 Dan Peruzzi Identification of cell types and K+ currents in the inferior colliculus Neuroscience and J. Neurosci
Oct 11 Ilona Miko Accommodation enhances depolarizing inhibition in central neurons. J. Neurosci.
Oct 25 Brian Malone Linear and nonlinear pathways of spectral information transmission in the CN PNAS
Nov 8 Nicole Rust Feature Selectivity and Interneuronal Cooperation in the Thalamocortical System J. Neurosci. , Neuron
Nov 22 No meeting Thanksgiving
Dec 6 Dan Sanes Role of mammalian auditory cortex in the perception of elementary sound properties J. Neurophysiol
Dec 20 Vibhakar Kotak Cholinergic synaptic potentials in the supragranular layers of auditory cortex Synapse
Feb 7 2002 Krisztina Szalisznyo Minimizing synaptic depression by control of release probability J. Neurosci
Feb 21 Alex Reyes Formation of spike response to sound tones in cat auditory cortex neurons: interaction of excitatory and inhibitory effects n/a
March 21 Josh Green Hearing visual motion in depth Nature
April 4 John Rinzel Background noise improves gap detection in tonically inhibited inferior colliculus neurons. J. Neurophysiol.
April 18 Dan Peruzzi Potassium currents in octopus cells of the mammalian cochlear nucleus. J. Neurophysiol.
October 4 Brian Scott Hyperacute directional hearing in a microscale auditory system. Nature
October 15 Ilona Miko Auditory midbrain neurons that count Nature Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience ('98)
November 19 Vibhakar Kotak A species-specific frequency filter through specific inhibiton, not specific excitation J. Comp. Physiol. A
December 10 2002 Alex Reyes Differential synaptic processing separates stationary from transient inputs to the auditory cortex Nature Neuroscience, News & Views
Jan 30, 2003 Josh Green Interaction of Excitation and Inhibition in Anteroventral Cochlear Nucleus Neurons That Receive Large Endbulb Synaptic Endings J. Neurosci
Feb 13 Brian Scott Functional Subregions in Primary Auditory Cortex Defined by Thalamocortical Terminal Arbors J. Neurosci
Feb 27 (Mal Semple) Postponed (Open House)
Mar 13 No meeting (Spring Break)
Mar 27 John Rinzel Precise inhibition is essential for micorsecond interaural time difference coding Nature, w/ News and Views
Apr 10 Vibhu Kotak Elimination and strengthening of glycinergic/GABAergic connections during tonotopic map formation Nature Neurosci.
Apr 24 Maria Ter-Mikalien Single auditory neurons rapidly discriminate conspecific communication signals Nature Neurosci.
May 8 (Alex Reyes) no meeting - ITD conference
May 22 Dan Sanes TBA
February 5, 2004 Maria Ter-Mikaelian Auditory spatial receptive fields created by multiplication Science
February 19, 2004 Athena Vouloumanos' talk for C&P seminar Is speech a special sound? Insights from neonates and neuroimaging
March 4, 2004 Vibhakar Kotak Intracortical pathways determine breadth of subthreshold frequency receptive fields in primary auditory cortex J.Neurophysiol.
Word doc
March 18, 2004 Spring Break
No meeting
April 1, 2004 Alex Reyes Balanced inhibition underlies tuning and sharpens spike timing in auditory cortex Nature
April 15, 2004 Mal Semple Correct tonotopic representation is necessary for complex pitch perception PNAS
Comment
April 29, 2004 Max Schiff Speech recognition with primarily temporal cues Science
May 13, 2004 Undergraduate graduation party
No meeting
May 27, 2004 Hide Cateau Interaural time sensitivity dominated by cochlea-induced envelope patterns J. Neurosci.
October 7, 2004 Dan Sanes Neural changes associated with speech learning in deaf children following cochlear implantation
with reference to:
Lee et al., 2001 Nature 409: 149-150
Finney et al., 2001 Nat Neurosci 4: 1171-1173
Neuroimage
December 1, 2004 Alex Reyes Developmental switch from GABA to glycine release in single central synaptic terminals Nat. Neurosci.
December 15, 2004 Vibhu Kotak Global dendritic calcium spikes in mouse layer 5 low threshold spiking interneurones: implications for control of pyramidal cell bursting
with reference to:
Hefti and Smith, 2000 J. Neurophysiol. 83: 2626-2638
J. Physiol.

J. Neurophysiol.
January 19, 2005 Ragnar Steingrimsson "Global Psychophysical Judgments of Intensity: Summary of a Theory and Auditory Experiments"
(data talk)
Book chapter
March 9, 2005 Talk by Nicholas Priebe
No meeting
March 23, 2005 Maria Ter-Mikaelian Dynamics of precise spike timing in primary auditory cortex J. Neurosci.
April 6, 2005 Ramana Dodla Roles of inhibition in creating complex auditory responses in the inferior colliculus: facilitated combination-sensitive neurons
with an additional look at
Leading inhibition to neural oscillation is important for time domain processing in the auditory midbrain
J. Neurophysiol.

J. Neurophysiol.
April 20, 2005 Max Schiff Inhibitory synapses in the developing auditory system are glutamatergic Nat. Neurosci.
May 4, 2005 Jaime
de la Rocha
Synaptic depression in the localization of sound Nature